1953 Oklahoma City Indians Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 80-74
Finished 4th in the TL
Manager: Tommy Tatum (80-74)
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 133,064, Avg. 1,728

1953 Oklahoma City Indians Roster

Playoffs - Dallas Eagles 4 games, Oklahoma City Indians 3

The Oklahoma City Indians of the Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 80 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the TL.

The Indians scored 734 runs and yielded 715 runs. Rusty Burns led Oklahoma City with 29 home runs, while Joe Damato, Frank Kellert and Joe Frazier each walloped 15 or more, too. Rusty Burns drove in 124 runs. Joe Frazier paced hitters with significant playing time with a .332 average. Alois Zilian and Bill Greason topped the team with 16 wins each, and Angelo Nardella registered a 3.44 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1953 Oklahoma City Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Greason, Jay Van Noy, Cal Hogue, Al Gerheauser, Joe Frazier, Pete Taylor, Ernest Groth, Mickey Rutner, Lonnie Summers, Tommy Tatum, Vern Kennedy and Frank Kellert.

Tommy Tatum served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Alois Zilian	16	12	.571	3.63	38	29		9	2		211.0	198	97	85	9	109		130	3	0	8
Bill Greason	16	13	.552	3.61	37	34		16	0		249.0	206	116	100	19	162		193	3	1	13
Angelo Nardella	10	7	.588	3.44	37	25		10	2		196.0	184	96	75	14	103		129	0	0	5
Ernest Groth	8	8	.500	5.37	32	16		6	1		139.0	151	90	83	16	67		53	0	0	5
Pete Taylor	8	10	.444	4.63	29	14		3	2		103.0	110	61	53	8	56		63	4	0	2
Cal Hogue	7	5	.583	3.41	21	17		6	1		116.0	92	53	44	1	69		98	6	1	8
Al Olsen	5	5	.500	3.68	31	4		1	0		66.0	64	29	27	3	20		29	0	0	1
Vern Kennedy	4	4	.500	4.44	44	1		1	0		75.0	85	49	37	5	55		51	3	0	6
Joe Reardon	1	0	1.000	5.74	32	1		0	0		69.0	70	49	44	6	58		30	4	0	2
Jim Atchley					18						0.0
Totals	75	64	.540	4.03	319	141	0	52	8	0	1224.0	1160	640	548	81	699	0	776	23	2	50	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Joe Frazier	152	654	548	109	182	55	2	22	113	2	1	105	39	.332	.440	.560	1.001	307		1	0
Joe Damato	153	618	560	72	158	25	4	17	79	8	3	48	84	.282	.340	.432	.772	242		1	9
Rusty Burns	153	651	562	87	154	34	2	29	124	1	1	84	67	.274	.371	.496	.868	279		3	2
Frank Kellert	134	560	477	87	138	28	2	23	90	1	3	77	36	.289	.390	.501	.891	239		2	4
Thomas Lind	153	595	533	48	132	26	5	8	64	5	0	47	96	.248	.310	.360	.670	192		1	14
Tommy Tatum	96	357	312	48	76	15	1	5	27	10	1	40	20	.244	.330	.346	.676	108		0	5
Allan Cross	107	313	272	48	68	12	0	3	25	4	0	32	26	.250	.331	.327	.658	89		1	8
Salvatore Zunno	126	353	274	54	63	4	4	1	18	6	6	75	52	.230	.395	.285	.680	78		0	4
Pat Tomkinson	72	236	214	26	62	11	1	3	20	0	0	17	32	.290	.345	.393	.737	84		1	4
Mickey Rutner	46	190	164	24	47	12	2	1	18	1	0	22	14	.287	.374	.402	.777	66		1	3
Ernest Groth	45	76	70	5	22	4	0	1	9	1	1	2	7	.314	.342	.414	.757	29		1	3
Angelo Nardella	41	78	69	9	16	2	1	2	4	0	0	6	23	.232	.293	.377	.670	26		0	3
Alois Zilian	38	82	78	8	16	1	0	2	12	0	0	1	20	.205	.215	.295	.510	23		0	3
Bill Greason	39	98	93	11	16	6	0	0	2	0	0	2	27	.172	.189	.237	.426	22		0	3
Troy Mitchell	27	84	76	7	13	2	0	1	6	0	0	6	8	.171	.241	.237	.478	18		1	1
Pete Taylor	31	37	32	3	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	.312	.371	.375	.746	12		0	2
Cal Hogue	21	46	46	2	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	.196	.196	.239	.435	11		0	0
Omer Tolson	14	48	42	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	6	.190	.292	.190	.482	8		0	0
Vern Kennedy	45	28	28	2	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	4	.214	.214	.357	.571	10		0	0
Teddy Tate	17	53	42	5	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	6	.143	.280	.143	.423	6		0	3
Lonnie Summers	12	30	25	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	.160	.300	.200	.500	5		0	0
Joe Reardon	40	22	20	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.150	.227	.250	.477	5		0	0
Al Olsen	31	20	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.056	.150	.056	.206	1		0	0
Totals	1593	5229	4555	662	1210	245	24	119	630	39	17	590	596	.266	.351	.408	.760	1860	0	13	71	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Frank Kellert	1B	134	1129	69	6	111	.995	8.940
Allan Cross	1B	11	96	10	1	9	.991	9.636
Joe Damato	2B	151	389	368	24	91	.969	5.013
Tommy Tatum	3B	73	56	141	15	13	.929	2.699
Allan Cross	3B	45	39	83	11	11	.917	2.711
Mickey Rutner	3B	44	50	85	8	8	.944	3.068
Pat Tomkinson	C	65	333	26	4	5	.989	5.523	3
Troy Mitchell	C	21	101	15	3	1	.975	5.524	2
Teddy Tate	C	17	80	9	0	1	1.000	5.235	2
Salvatore Zunno	CF	78	215	6	5	1	.978	2.833
Joe Frazier	LF	152	289	16	6	3	.981	2.007
Vern Kennedy	P	44	6	17	4	2	.852	.523
Alois Zilian	P	38	8	35	2	1	.956	1.132
Angelo Nardella	P	37	9	28	3	2	.925	1.000
Bill Greason	P	37	9	54	3	2	.955	1.703
Joe Reardon	P	32	3	13	0	0	1.000	.500
Ernest Groth	P	32	5	25	1	1	.968	.938
Al Olsen	P	31	3	11	0	1	1.000	.452
Pete Taylor	P	29	0	12	0	3	1.000	.414
Cal Hogue	P	21	7	23	4	2	.882	1.429
Rusty Burns	RF	152	154	9	7	1	.959	1.072
Salvatore Zunno	RF	25	9	0	0	0	1.000	.360
Allan Cross	RF	18	7	1	0	0	1.000	.444
Thomas Lind	SS	153	250	426	45	86	.938	4.418
Totals		1440	3247	1482	152	355	.969	3.284	7	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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